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Antonyms for subvention

Grammar : Noun
Spell : suh b-ven-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : səbˈvɛn ʃən


Definition of subvention

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Middle French subvention, from Late Latin subventionem (nominative subventio) "assistance," from past participle stem of Latin subvenire "come to one's aid," from sub "up to" (see sub-) + venire "to come" (see venue).
  • noun grant
Example sentences :
  • The municipalities would then intervene and grant a subvention.
  • Extract from : « Syndicalism in France » by Louis Levine
  • Venice gave the commune of Cattaro an annual subvention as solatium.
  • Extract from : « The Shores of the Adriatic » by F. Hamilton Jackson
  • It is even rumored that it is you who finds the money for its subvention.
  • Extract from : « Bohemians of the Latin Quarter » by Henry Murger
  • As early as 1881 the government had published a proposal for a subvention to German shipping; Enlarged industrial policy.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 » by Various
  • Before he gave an answer he must know, he said, what subvention the states-general would be willing to grant him.
  • Extract from : « A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times » by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
  • In 1907 the budget of the Congo balanced at about 250,000 without the aid of this subvention.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" » by Various
  • In 1778 the city of Paris made one more try by granting a subvention of 80,000 livres by a Sieur de Vismos.
  • Extract from : « The Operatic Problem » by William Johnson Galloway
  • A subvention may be raised by a perfectly orthodox fiscal process.
  • Extract from : « Liberalism and the Social Problem » by Winston Spencer Churchill
  • Therefore it seems to me that the method of subvention is on all grounds to be preferred to the method of preference.
  • Extract from : « Liberalism and the Social Problem » by Winston Spencer Churchill
  • It is of course necessary, however, in examining a question of subvention to look at it on its merits.
  • Extract from : « Liberalism and the Social Problem » by Winston Spencer Churchill

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